| On 2004-07-06 at 15:00:00 (Brussels Time) |
Abstract
Biology and Cognitive Science draw most of their respective models from the metaphor of the computer, generalizing computation from a modelling tool into a general conceptual framework for understanding "understanding" itself. Thirty years ago, two Chilean neurobiologists, H. Maturana and F. Varela, explored an alternative perspective on life and cognition, emphasizing their co-extension through an ontology of circular processes: the point of view of autonomy, better known as "theory of autopoiesis."
Keywords
cognitive science, biology, enactive approach, autonomy
